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Kat gave Jeffery a sharp look, the gray in her eyes a bit cold. "I didn't blow anything. The kid got spooked so I backed off." She took a drink from her water bottle, snapping the cap back on after she finished. "He's paranoid, freakishly so. May have a right to be, but it's not going to change the fact." She shrugged her shoulders, "building a trust isn't going to happen any time soon, which means we've got to rely on a trust already built." She glanced at Jeffery, "that means it's your go."

Their meet-and-greet, and pamphlet giving lasted for most of the class, and ended with Crane issuing the pack-up order, which caught the attention of Marcus, who made his way to their tables.
"Need a hand packing out?" He asked Crane, who turned to meet him.
"No, not at all, mister...?"
"Marcus. You can call me Marcus." HE said, offering his hand to Crane. Crane returned the handshake firmly, nodding to the other, "Thank you for the offer, Marcus. Take care." With that, Marcus turned to leave, and Crane added Marcus Shipp to his list.

Rook finally managed get his pass out of study hall and escape to the gym, headed to meet with Kat. Spending moments hunting for her in the gym, on the track, before finding her in the weight room, talking with Jeffery. He trotted up to them, a small grin on his face.
"Howdy coach, Kat."

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Kat glanced up, dropping the hand from her forehead and gave him a worn smile. "Hey."

Jeffery made unhappy noises, grunting. He glanced at her bandage.
"Oh, s**t. I..." he stammered, any heat in his voice dying out pitifully. "I forgot about the... yeah, I'll go get him.."

Before Samuel made it to the locker room, Jeffery caught up with him.
"Hey Sam, I need to talk to you in my office." He said, Samuel shrugging and following him. Samuel was paranoid, but he trusted Jeffery, and needed to talk to him as well.

"What's up coach?"

"Sit down Sam, I wanna talk to you about last night." Jeffery said, taking a seat. He didn't have a desk in his office, it was barely even an office, but he was a gym teacher, he didn't honestly need one. "Specifically, about the guys who came for you."

"How'd you know they came for..." Sam stood up, his eyes narrowed. "The police wrote it off as a breaking and entering. How'd you know they came for me?"

"Be chill Sam." Jeffery spoke calmly. "I'm in contact with some people who are running from the people that went after you." Jeffery gave Sam a quick rundown of the whole super powers thing, including the burst of them in St. Eva and the Keepers.

"So.. you're saying I have super powers, and now the brother hood of evil wants to kill me?"

"I assume you do, they didn't tell me if you did, or what it was, but the bad guys want you. They wanted to kidnap you, but after you fought them off, they're going to try and kill you. It's not safe at home."

Sam shrugged, sitting now. "I already left. I only came to school today to see if there was anyone looking for me, those guys who came after me."

"I don't know if they were looking for you, but the Keepers were here today, they had a stand, the one with the little blind kid." He held up a hand. "That's not as important, do you have anywhere safe you can go? I think the people I know can find you a place, I'm not sure, but.. wait, where are you going?"

Sam had stood up, and started out the office. "I'm gonna find the guy."

"Sam! Sit down, Sam! This is a bad idea!" Jeffery hopped up, moving after him.

Samuel covered the distance quickly to the commons area, finding Crane quickly.
"Hey sir, wondered if it was too late to get one of your flyers?" Sam smiled, holding his hand out to shake.
Jeffery stopped at one of the entrances, watching the scene.

Kat looked at Jeffery a moment but remained quiet at his grumpy noises and stammering, wasn't much to say to it. Instead she turned back to Rook with a perplexed look on her face. "I'm having a hard time coming off as trustworthy. How about you?"

"I'm having trouble getting people to talk, period, trust be damned. I can't even get them to start a discussion about the prospect of me selling them pot."

Crane shook his head, making a mental note of this kid also having powers before letting go with a friendly smile.
"Take care then, sir. Be safe."

Samuel didn't let go of Crane's hand though, pulling him close.
"You, and whatever other super villain ******** you got, meet me at the football field at midnight tonight." Sam released his hand, leaving the area.

Jeffery, who had been out of sight, walked with Samuel, waiting till they were out of earshot of Crane and the area.
"What the hell was that?!"